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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7193876" data-attributes="member: 15700">Yep.  While the text of the feat says "+10 damage", you can't ignore the penalty to hit.  So saying you get a +10 damage to all attacks is really flawed when you take it into context.  I'll skip the detailed charts, but it can be easily illustrated at such:Regular attack: hit 50% of the time for 10 damage when you hit.  So your average damage per attack is 5 points (50% hit rate * 10 damage)GWM: hit % goes down to 40%, but damage is 20 when you hit.  Average damage per attack is 8 points.  So "per attack", GWM only increases damage by 3 points.The only way GWM increases damage by 10 per attack is if you hit 100% in both cases.</blockquote>